The Greeks
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Publisher Description
A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today
More than two thousand years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek speakers produced a series of civilizations that were rooted in southeastern Europe but again and again ranged widely across the globe.
In The Greeks, Beaton traces this history from the Bronze Age Mycenaeans who built powerful fortresses at home and strong trade routes abroad, to the dramatic Eurasian conquests of Alexander the Great, to the pious Byzantines who sought to export Christianity worldwide, to today’s Greek diaspora, which flourishes on five continents. The product of decades of research, this is the story of the Greeks and their global impact told as never before.
Customer Reviews
Only the Greeks!
Outstanding - the bedd at t synthesis of over 5000 years history of the Greek language speakers and how they helped change and shape the world. The calm and precise m explicit in of the Narrator was superb with only a handful of unforced errors “Ochi Day, Oct 28, not Oshee Day” etc
Outstanding MUST read for anyone who wants to understand THE GREEKS and their past and present impact.
From Minoan Linear A&B predecessors to the election of the curren Mitsotakis government- the intense and creative, commercial and contentious, competitive volcanic passion of the Greeks and Hellenes throughout the ages.
ZITO HELLAS! Romiós Indeed!